The American Institute of Architects' Committee on the Environment has announced the winners of their top 10 honors for the current year. Well done, MASS MoCA crew!?
Kira Gould CONNECT, Hon. AIA, strategist/writer + Design the Future podcast, co-host #makethingsbetter
Last month at AIA24, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment recognized the winners of this year’s AIA COTE Top Ten Awards. This week, we highlight the projects with a small taste of the text and images. Each one offers lessons about the value and benefits of holistic design and cross disciplinary collaboration. MASS MoCA Building 6 North Adams, MA This project, the third phase of the architect’s work at the MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), bolsters the museum’s world-class reputation while also revitalizing a small New England mill town. The adaptive reuse of Building 6 and a smaller adjacent building has added more than 130,000 square feet of previously undeveloped space to the museum’s sprawling campus for contemporary art, multimedia exhibitions and accompanying events, workshops, and storage.? The project team remediated major contaminants on the site, once a brownfield, promoting the continued healing of the surrounding landscape and adjacent Hoosic River. The building’s transformation also leverages the museum’s location on a peninsula to offer panoramic views of the river and the Berkshire mountains beyond. At this art museum, connections to the outdoors become an important part of the visitor experience. At this site, you can find a robust case study about this project, including complete information relating to the full AIA Framework for Design Excellence and a downloadable PDF:? https://lnkd.in/gyiKknRA Architect: Bruner/Cott Construction Manager: Gilbane Building Company Engineer - Structural: Arup Engineer - Mechanical, Plumbing, Fire Protection: Petersen Engineering Inc Engineer - Electrical, Fire Access: R.W. Sullivan Engineering Engineer - Civil: Hill Engineers, Architects, Planners, Inc. Consultant - Code: Cosentini Associates Consultant - Specifications: Kalin Associates Inc. Consultant - Environmental: GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. GeoEnvironmental Consultant - Acoustic: Acentech Consultant - Lighting: Lumen Studio Consultant - Lighting Design: Collaborative Lighting Consultant - Cost Estimating: Daedalus Engineer - Fire Protection: Fire Protection Services, LLC Consultant - Food Service: Colburn Guyette Foodservice Design Consultant - Hardware: ASSA ABLOY Group Consultant - Structural Wood Testing: Wood Advisory Services, Inc. Consultant - Existing Conditions Scanning: Existing Conditions Surveys, Inc. Consultant - Environmental Graphics: OverUnder Thank you to this year’s jury --? Nadine Saint-Louis, RA, AIA, NOMA, Chair, MCHarry & Associates, Inc., Miami Yu-Ngok Lo, FAIA, CDT, LEED AP, NCARB, YNL Architects, Culver City, Calif. Jack Rusk, Assoc. AIA, EHDD and C.Scale, San Francisco Eddy Santosa, AIA, Mott MacDonald, Los Angeles photo credits: Michael Moran Join COTE LinkedIn group: https://lnkd.in/gMNbKfxz #MakeThingsBetter #DesignIsClimateAction